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Monday, June 30

Late every evening Salvatore the fisherman pulls up at the pier with his evening catch. Last night we went along to see what he was doing:Along with the octopus, squid and shellfish he sometimes finds sea snakes or eels in the pots. Here he is wrestling with one:And here is the eel wriggling around before we threw it back in the sea (It sort of puts me off swimming in the sea, seeing these creatures.):Catch of the day:And one of Positano's many firework displays at midnight. This one was to celebrate Saint Peter and Paul:

Murena fritta is delicious.And eels, just like any other animals, are wonderful creatures that don't harm other animals for reasons different than survival.That unfortunately, is a peculiarity of the human species...